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英语翻译Early in the 18th century,Captain Cook,a famous explorer

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英语翻译
Early in the 18th century,Captain Cook,a famous explorer of Australia,unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia.The animal had a large mouse-like head and jumped along on its large legs.To his great surprise,the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh.Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was.The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “kangaroo”,which Cook carefully wrote down as the animals name in his word book.The Europeans who later got to Australia were anxious to see the unusual animal “kangaroo”,but their requests were met with puzzled looks from the native people.Before long they discovered that the native guide who had answered Cook’s question really meant,‘I don’t know what you are pointing at.” Funnily enough,the name “kangaroo” stuck and it is still in use today.
英语翻译Early in the 18th century,Captain Cook,a famous explorer
早在十八世纪,Cook船长这个探索澳大利亚的人,在第一次去澳大利亚的时候发现了一个很不寻常的动物,这个动物有着想老鼠一样长的脑袋,跳的时候带着一个大袋子.令他吃惊的是,这个动物还把它的孩子放在口袋里.Cook船长指着在远处吃草的这个动物问他的当地导游那是什么动物,这个导游似乎是不知道他在指什么于是最后说是“kangaroo”(袋鼠)然后Cook 就把这个当成动物名记在本子上了.之后去澳大利亚的欧洲人很迫切的想知道“kangoroo”到底是什么,但是他们的请求似乎使当地人迷惑不解.很久之后,他们才明白当时回答Cook的人指的是什么,即“我不知道你在指什么”(跟kangaroo发音很像)有趣的是,kangaroo这个词不存在但是今天仍旧再被使用